• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    18 hours ago

    Yeah, what is it with this trend lately of disparaging the victims of bullying, blaming fascism on the bullied victims?

    The fascists are the bullies.

    And even if people want to say that bringing back bullying would prevent fascism, that still makes no sense, because if you honestly believe that bully victims become fascists, then wouldn’t that mean bullying people just creates more fascists?

    But the reality is, the bullies were always the privileged jerks or dodged accountability while projecting and casting blame on anyone who stands up to them. Those bullies grow up to become fascists.

    Anyone who says “bring back bullying” needs a solid punch in the face along with every other bully. Maybe that will reduce the number of people who grow up to become fascists.

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      14 hours ago

      We use the word “bullying” because the real word gets your post removed. Play the fuck along.

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        17 hours ago

        No. If you’re advocating for bullying, then you might as well be a fascist. You can’t walk like a fascist and talk like a fascist, and then claim you’re not really a fascist just because you’re not one of those fascists.

        There are no good fascists. And there are no good bullies. And I won’t play along with your attempts to normalize either of those things.

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          16 hours ago

          Moral relativist cowardice. Performative high-road bullshit. Neither makes you a good person.

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            14 hours ago

            Taking a principled stance on something isn’t cowardice, nor is it performative.

            And I don’t care whether you think I’m a good person or not, because you advocate for bullying. You can burn in hell with the rest of the fascists for all I care.

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              12 hours ago

              Okay. When they’re loading you and the people you care about into a van or onto a train, you can comfort everyone by telling them about your principles.

              They’ll thank you, really.

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                5 hours ago

                That isn’t relevant. Just because fascists are seizing power doesn’t make bullying okay. It makes bullying especially bad. You’re ignoring the fact that the fascists are the bullies.

                You’re basically saying I’m a goody-two-shoes for being against bullying and fascism, and trying to use hypothetical scenarios about the extremes to which fascism can descend in order to shame me about being against it.

                Completely warped logic on your part.

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                    47 minutes ago

                    Just because I’m against bullying doesn’t make me complicit or comfortable with fascism, and it doesn’t make me a coward either.

                    I’m also not sure what my race has to do with it. But if you want to bring race into it, then think for a moment about what you’re advocating for. “Bring back bullying” can be used by white supremacists as much as by anyone else, so if the klan starts going around terrorizing black communities, just know that this is what you wished for when you said “Bring back bullying.”